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Pictured: 2020 Olympic gold medalist and 2021 NCAA champion Gable Steveson. Picture courtesy of University of Minnesota Athletics.  Last night, Week Three wrestling action got underway. The signature dual of the night, North Carolina at Nebraska, did not disappoint.  While the Cornhuskers ran away with the dual, winning 27-6 and claimed eight of 10 Individual matches, the front half of the dual (125-157) was electric. Fans saw Spencer Moore, a 17-year-old true freshman, go toe-to-toe with TOM’s No. 16, Liam Cronin, a 24-year-old super senior. We saw three-time All-American and four-time NCAA Qualifier Chad Red fall to Kizhan Clarke in a ranked matchup. Also, a pair of top-5-rated Tar Heels in No. 5 Zach Sherman (149) and, defending NCAA champ, No. 3 Austin O’Connor (157), suffered surprising losses.  Well, there will be a plethora of equally compelling matchups to be on the lookout for as Week Three of the Division I season progresses onward. Take a look below to see some of the potential individual matchups we might witness this coming week /weekend.  Note: These are not confirmed matchups, just possible matchups. All times Eastern, with local times in parenthesis. Also, tournaments were not included in this article.  For the latest TOM NCAA D-I College Individual Regular Season Rankings – November 16th, 2021, click here. For the complete D-I Upcoming Events for November 15-21 (Week 3), click here.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18:

Army West Point at Penn State, 7:00 PM - Possible Matchups 149: Beau Bartlett vs. No. 17 PJ Ogunsanya  174: No. 1 Carter Starocci vs. No. 17 Ben Pasiuk     197: No. 4 Max Dean (or Michael Beard) vs. JT Brown 

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19:

Michigan at Columbia, 7:00 PM - Possible Matchups 125: Joe Manchio vs. No. 20 Jack Medley 133: No. 19 Dylan Ragusin vs. Angelo Rini  141: No. 1 Nick Lee vs. Matt Kizimir  Ohio State at Virginia Tech, 7:00 PM (Top-10 Team Dual) - Possible Matchups 125: No. 6 Sam Latona vs. No. 14 Malik Heinselman           149: No. 1 Sammy Sasso vs. No. 9 Bryce Andonian  174: No. 4 Mekhi Lewis vs. No. 6 Ethan Smith 184: No. 8 Hunter Bolen vs. No. 15 Rocky Jordan  285: No. 7 Tate Orndorf vs. No.15 Nathan Traxler Princeton at Iowa, 8:00 PM (7:00 PM) (Iowa Dual Meet Opener) - Possible Matchups  157: No. 6 Kaleb Young vs. No. 7 Quincy Monday  Air Force at Missouri, 8:00 PM (7:00 PM) - Possible Matchups  133: Jared Van Vleet vs. No. 11 Matthew Schmitt     285: No. 8 Wyatt Hendrickson vs. No. 11 Zach Elam  Oklahoma at Arizona State, 9:00 PM (7:00 PM) (Top-20 Team Dual) - Possible Matchups 125: No. 4 Brandon Courtney vs. No. 19 Joey Prata 133: No. 8 Michael McGhee vs. No. 12 Tony Madrigal            141: No. 8 Dom Demas vs. No. 19 Jesse Vasquez 149: No. 6 Kyle Parco vs. No. 11 Mitch Moore 157: No. 4 Jacori Teamer vs. No. 15 Justin Thomas 197: No. 6 Kordell Norfleet vs. No. 7 Jake Woodley  285: No. 4 Cohlton Schultz vs. No. 19 Josh Heindselman     

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20:

Stanford at Cornell, 6:30 PM - Possible Matchups 149: No. 1 (141) Yianni Diakomihalis vs. No. 4 (149) Jaden Abas   Oklahoma State at Minnesota, 8:00 PM (7:00 PM) (Top-15 Team Dual) - Possible Matchups  125: No. 5 Patrick McKee vs. No. 18 Trevor Mastrogiovanni 149: No. 14 (141) Dusty Hone  vs No. 15 (149) Michael Blockhus vs. No.  157: No. 5 Brayton Lee vs. No. 12 Wyatt Sheets 285: No. 1 Gable Steveson vs. No. 9 Austin Harris

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21:

West Virginia at NC State, 1:00 PM - Possible Matchups 125: No. 9 Killian Cardinale vs. No. 10 Jakob Comacho 165: No. 14 Peyton Hall vs. No. 15 Thomas Bullard  285: No. 20 Owen Trephan vs. Michael Wolfgram Pittsburgh at Lehigh, 2:00 PM - Possible Matchups 125: No. 15 Jaret Lane  vs Gage Curry  285: No. 10 Jordan Wood vs. Jake Slinger  Northern Illinois at Purdue, 3:00 PM - Possible Matchups 165: No. 16 Izzak Olejnik vs. No.17 Gerrit Nijenhuis            184: No. 9 Britt Wilson vs. No. 19 Max Lyon Oklahoma at Northern Colorado, 4:00 PM (2:00 PM) - Possible Matchups No. 8 Dom Demas vs. No. 15 Andrew Alirez  Campbell at North Carolina, 7:00 PM - Possible Matchups 149: No. 5 Zach Sherman vs. No. 19 Josh Heil  174: No. 13 (174) Austin Murphy vs. No. 17 Clay Lautt 

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